First Hour The September 11 Commission Hearings: What Do We Know Now? Larry Bensky, anchor of Pacifica’s gavel-to-gavel coverage of this week’s hearings in Washington, talks with Sam Smith, editor of the Washington based Progressive Review, and American University professor Clarence Lusane, author of a forthcoming book about Condoleeza Rice and Colin Powell. (A survivor … Continued
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says he’s out to create jobs for Americans, but he and his wife are heavily invested in companies that outsource U.S. jjobs aberoad, and young American men may be facing a draft next year, regardless of who is President With April 15th close by, anti-war advocates are learning about war … Continued
Minutes KPFA Local Station Board Meeting March 27th, 2004 Freight and Salvage Coffee House, Berkeley Minutes were recorded by Mary Bishop, KPFA Administrative Assistant. Members present constituting a quorum: Riva Enteen (Chair), Ted Friedman, Sarv Randhawa, Bonnie Simmons, Miguel Molina, Steve Conley, Ann Hallett, Gerald Sanders, LaVarn Williams, Lisa Rothman, Marnie Tattersall, Mark Hernandez, Debbie … Continued
10-1 pm PST: Pacifica Radio broadcasts live from Fayetteville North Carolina, home of Fort Bragg, where military veterans and families will lead a demonstration of unprecedented size in a military town, Crawford, Texas, the hometown of President Bush, and mass demonstrations in New York City. Veteran journalists Verna Avery-Brown and Larry Bensky will co-host live … Continued
7:00 amBrian Edwards-Tiekert of the KPFA News Department with the third part of a four part Series on Air Quality in the San Joaquin Valley. 7:15 amGlobal Day of Action, Saturday March 20th. Nancy Mitchell, organizer for International Answer, Jeff Ghannam, President of the San Francisco Chapter of the American-Arab Anti-discrimination Committee, and Andrea Buffa … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, we present a breaking story on false translation of what the US embassy called Jean Bertrand Aristide’s resignation; we continue our coverage of pro-democracy activists now in hiding in Haiti facing beatings, torture, prison and assassination; a massive car-bombing of a downtown Baghdad Hotel kills more than 25 and wounds scores. We’ll … Continued
DN! Exclusive from Jamaica Socialists Win Spanish Election: A Turn to the Left? Medicare Cost Cover-up? A Prescription Drug Alternative in Tampa Conscientious Objector is Court-Martialed Iraq’s Oil Workers are Underpaid
Two pro-democracy activists are killed and seven wounded in a mass protest calling for the restoration of democracy in Haiti and the return of President Aristide; A special report from the ground on today’s killings; Continued coverage of pro-democracy activists under attack or in hiding from US-sponsored military death squads; We hear from the Mayor … Continued
Bob Somerby on Kerry coverage and Susan Moeller on WMD study.
War Against Women, Women Against War: A Report Back From the World Social Forum Violence against women manifests in both overt and covert forms: from rape used as a war tactic to women themselves participating in violence. On this edition of Making Contact, we feature three leading feminists: Egyptian sociologist Nawal El Saadawi, activist and … Continued
